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    Upgrading CPU in Acer Aspire 7520

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by WJC05, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. WJC05

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    Went through all the searches and couldnt find any information on this. I was hoping I could get an answer on this so I dont end up wasting money trying to find out..

    I have the Acer Aspire 7520 Laptop with the AMD Turion X2 TK-55 1.8Ghz Socket One.

    Using PC Wizard it says I have a Acer Fuquene motherboard and nVidia nForce 560 Chipset. My question is, will this accept any of the AMD Socket One Processors? I was looking at maybe getting a TL-68 2.4Ghz..

    I originally bought this computer for my wife so I wasnt too picky on the specs, but now Im finding it more useful than my high powered desktop since I can take it anywhere around the house I want. Only problem is that the laptop just needs a little more grunt for some of the encoding and stuff I do occasionally..

    All help is greatly appreciated...

    Thanks
     
    WJC05, Dec 17, 2008
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  2. owais

    owais Notebook Deity

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    can you even change the cpu in a laptop, it hought all the stuff is stuck together.
     
    owais, Dec 17, 2008
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  3. WJC05

    WJC05 Newbie

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    Yes you can definetaly change it. ive already had it apart just looking around. I just need to know if there is any compatibility issues...
     
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  4. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    @owais: Notebook processors have been socketed for the longest time - nowadays it's only LV/ULV CPUs that tend to be soldered to the board.

    @WJC05: The upgrade is certainly possible. You're already on Socket S1, which is good. As shown here, the 7520 was sold with Turions up to the TL-66, which runs at 2.3 GHz.
    The TL-68 was released later than most of the other TL- Turions, which means that support may not be included in your existing BIOS - an update could fix that, should one exist.
    That being said, the TL- series is about as fast as you can go - the newer Turion Ultras, Turion RM- series, and Athlon QL- series require a faster HyperTransport clock than the nForce 610 chipset can handle.

    EDIT: Hey WJC05, is your Aspire a 7520 or 7520G? If it's the latter...have I got a proposition for you.
     
    TehSuigi, Dec 17, 2008
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  5. WJC05

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    Thanks TehSuigi...

    Thats a lot of good information and definetaly points me in the right direction.. Im going to search for bios updates to see if they support the 2.4GHz...

    My laptop is just a 7520, not the G.. Whats the difference between the two?
     
    WJC05, Dec 17, 2008
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  6. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    The difference is a dedicated graphics card - something that could've been upgraded to a GeForce 8600M GT for awesome gaming power.
    Of course, if you don't need that, then the GeForce 7000M you have is sufficient. Still, it wouldn't hurt to look into a driver update if you ever want a slight performance boost.
     
    TehSuigi, Dec 18, 2008
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